but I had no end of trouble. You've done all the hard work for me and all I needed to do was copy three files to my SD card and run one command!

Genius!

I should say to others that I followed the instructions listed in the install-rtl8188cus.txt text file rather than just the 3 lines you put in your post as (I think) it used a more up to date version of your script which was actually dated today:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/80256631/install-rtl8188cus-20120608.sh and it contained more detailed information about what was happening too.

I am using a fresh Debian install. I run the script and everything seems to work successfully all of the files successfully downloaded, but when booting I get a bunch of errors like "no such device" and "wpa-supplicant daemon failed to start" and "failed to setup wlan0", however they scroll too fast in order to read a lot of them.

After boot I run lsusb and can confirm that the drivers are correctly installed because Isusb prints "Bus 001 Device:004... Edimax Technology Co., Ltd EW-7811Un 802.11n wireless adapter"

I have tried running the script multiple times on fresh installs each time, same result.

My suggestion would be to mention this problem in the original thread I linked to a couple of posts ago. Then MrEngman, who wrote the installation script, might be able to help you. He probably doesn't know this thread even exists.

For what it's worth, I get a lot of new error messages on startup, but the wifi still works (although I'm not routinely using it).

By the way, he released an updated script yesterday that deals with issues brought up with rpi-update updates (which previously caused issues with this chipset a couple of weeks back).

Charlatan!

Cheers anyway. It was your post that was found on a top search hit on Google.Not long after I posted my thanks I also found MrEngmans post. Since then I have been keeping up to date with his changes to the script and drivers on that thread, for as you mention, the latest firmware update did kill everything a couple of days ago.

Hello All,I have had no success so far trying to install the 7811 Wi-Fi dongle, after about five trys, each taking about 25 mins, including RPI-Update. What happens is that using an Ethernet connection initially and the latest script file, all goes well until the firmware update happens then, some 10 mins into this the screen goes blank. Watching the 'link' LED and the SD Activity LED there is still something happening. However, no matter how long I wait, the screen never return, unless I press a key. At that point the message about inserting the adaptor is there, but of course the adaptor had not been inserted... so failure. I tried inserting the adaptor during the balnk screen phase, no success. The message on reboot is always that wlan0 could not be found. The adaptor works on a Windows PC. Any similar problems from anyone? Using a wired link on the RPi, I have no problem connecting.

CPOpi wrote:Hello All,I have had no success so far trying to install the 7811 Wi-Fi dongle, after about five trys, each taking about 25 mins, including RPI-Update. What happens is that using an Ethernet connection initially and the latest script file, all goes well until the firmware update happens then, some 10 mins into this the screen goes blank. Watching the 'link' LED and the SD Activity LED there is still something happening. However, no matter how long I wait, the screen never return, unless I press a key. At that point the message about inserting the adaptor is there, but of course the adaptor had not been inserted... so failure. I tried inserting the adaptor during the balnk screen phase, no success. The message on reboot is always that wlan0 could not be found. The adaptor works on a Windows PC. Any similar problems from anyone? Using a wired link on the RPi, I have no problem connecting.

Sorry I'm an absolute newbie under Linux and the Raspberry Pi. I bought the Edimax EW-7811UN because I had believed the installation is very easy. The introductions from MrEngman are very clear. But he has written: "sudo /boot/install-rtl8188cus-latest.sh" But if i had a look on my SD Card under Win 7:

Where can I find this "boot " - directory ? under Win 7 ? He wrote for idiots, but not enough. for me, i think

When your Pi is running, /boot will reference that partition. Therefore copy the latest script to that partition in windows (assuming youre using a LAN cable otherwise other files will be needed too. Refer to the instructions for more info.). Then put the SD card in your Pi and boot up and again follow the instructions from there, namely as you said:sudo /boot/install-rlt8188cus-latetest.sh

Any news about running on the new official Wheezy Rasbian distro?It was working awesomely well on all previous Debian squeezy distros but now that I installed the new one, the latest.sh screwed the installation, while the beta-wheezy doesn't work.

rapunzel wrote:Sorry I'm an absolute newbie under Linux and the Raspberry Pi. I bought the Edimax EW-7811UN because I had believed the installation is very easy. The introductions from MrEngman are very clear. But he has written: "sudo /boot/install-rtl8188cus-latest.sh" But if i had a look on my SD Card under Win 7:

Where can I find this "boot " - directory ? under Win 7 ? He wrote for idiots, but not enough. for me, i think

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The /boot directory is the one you see when viewing with Windows Explorer. The image you are showing.

No, I didn't write for idiots. Read the document carefully - I'm the idiot. Look at all the problems it's causing me

mfilos wrote:Any news about running on the new official Wheezy Rasbian distro?It was working awesomely well on all previous Debian squeezy distros but now that I installed the new one, the latest.sh screwed the installation, while the beta-wheezy doesn't work.

Please update it for Rasbian

There is a new script that should work with all versions of Raspbian including the new one. Just follow olibanum's link to find it.

olibanum wrote:The main discussion is on the thread in this link. Ive specifically selected a post from MrEngman about Raspbian.viewtopic.php?p=127325#p127325